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Janet Scott 1498–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1498

Birth Location: Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Walter Buccleuch

Mother: Lady Kerr

Spouse(s): Thomas McDougal

Children(s): Mary McDougal, Patrick McDougal, Margaret Borthwick, Richard Macdowall, James McDowall, Euphemia MacDougal, Thomas Macdowall

Janet Scott was born in 1498 in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland, the child of Walter Scott Liard Van Buccleuch And Lady Mary Elizabeth Of Cessford Kerr. Janet Scott married Thomas Mcdougal, and had children including Euphemia Macdougal, James Mcdowall, Margaret Borthwick, Mary Mcdougal, Patrick Mcdougal, Richard Macdowall, Thomas Macdowall. Janet Scott passed away in 1578 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Scott was born in 1498 in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland, the child of Walter Scott Liard Van Buccleuch And Lady Mary Elizabeth Of Cessford Kerr.
  • Janet Scott married Thomas Mcdougal, and had children including Euphemia Macdougal, James Mcdowall, Margaret Borthwick, Mary Mcdougal, Patrick Mcdougal, Richard Macdowall, Thomas Macdowall.
  • Janet Scott passed away in 1578 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Janet Scott's Ancestors

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Janet Scott
1498–1578
Birth Place: Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Parents
Walter Scott Liard van Buccleuch
1480–1504
Buccleuch Castle, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Lady (Mary Elizabeth of Cessford) Kerr
1466–1548
Cessford Castle,Newton St Boswells,Roxburghshire,Scotland
Grandparents
David (le Scott 1st Lord of Beuccleuch-Baron of Branxholme Beuccleuch) Line
1450–1485
Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Schotland
Johanna Douglas
1455–1494
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Janet Sommerville
1428–1492
George Forest
1415–1463
Isabel Sibbald
1418–1497
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Drumlanrig
1400–1437
Margaret Yester
1400–1484

Janet Scott's Descendants

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Janet Scott (1498–1578) m. Thomas McDougal (ABT 1495–AFT 24 Apr 1571)
  1. 1. Mary McDougal 1522–1578 m. William (Lauder (the Tailor) Clan) Chief 1520–1575
    1. 1. Robert Tailor 1545–1597 m. Magdalene (av) Home 1550–1580 m. Magdalene Home 1557–1580
      1. 1. Sir (Robert Lauder Laird of) Haltoun 1570–1623 m. Margaret (Borthwick Baroness) Haltoun 1560–1634
        1. 1. Richard Lauder 1605–1675 m. Mary (Marian) Scott 1584–1660
        2. 2. William Lauder 1592–
      2. 2. John Lauder –1621
      3. 3. Captain (George) Lauder 1578–1606
      4. 4. Alexander Lauder 1570–1629
      5. 5. Alexander Lawder 1570–1629
      6. 6. Captain (George) Lauder 1578–1606
      7. 7. John Lauder –1621
      8. 8. Sir (Robert Lauder Laird of) Haltoun 1570–1620
    2. 2. William Lauder –1834
    3. 3. Anne ((Agnes)) Heriot 1541–1594
    4. 4. Agnes Heriot 1541–1593
    5. 5. Mary (Edith) Lauder 1541–1593
    6. 6. Mary Lauder 1541–1593
    7. 7. Robert Lauder 1570–1608
    8. 8. Agnes Heriot 1541–1593
    9. 9. Mary Lauder 1541–1594
    10. 10. Elizabeth Lauder 1560–
    11. 11. William Lauder 1558–1601
    12. 12. Anne ((Agnes)) Heriot 1541–1593
  2. 2. Patrick McDougal 1521–
  3. 3. Margaret Borthwick 1572–1565
  4. 4. Richard Macdowall 1526–
  5. 5. James McDowall 1530–1576 m. Marion Mculloch 1522–
    1. 1. Georg (Mackdougal of) Makerstoun 1578–
    2. 2. Nicoll (Mackdougall of) Kelso 1577–
    3. 3. Thomas (Macdougall (Macdowell) 10th Laird of) Makerstoun 1555–1604 m. Johanna Kerr 1541–
      1. 1. William MacDougall 1605–
    4. 4. James Mackdougall 1582–1670
  6. 6. Euphemia MacDougal 1540–1565 m. Richard Lauder 1520–1567
    1. 1. James Lauder –1602
    2. 2. Isobell Lauder –1683
    3. 3. Robert Lauder 1557–1598
    4. 4. William (of Cauldscheills) Lauder 1558–1601
  7. 7. Thomas Macdowall –1618

Janet Scott's Timeline

2 Records

1498
1498
Birth of Janet Scott in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
1578
1578
Age 80
Death of Janet Scott in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Roberton, Roxburgh
    Record Source: 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample

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